The Histadrut Labor Federation said Tuesday that it was prepared to consider accepting foreign workers as union members. Histadrut chairman Ofer Eini said that he saw "no reason to prevent a foreign worker from being accepted as a Histadrut member, like any other member." Eini made the statement in light of a proposal by Histadrut members to change the organization's constitution in order to allow foreign workers to apply.
If the Histadrut does approve the change, foreign workers who join the organization will be eligible for all the legal benefits membership provides, including the right to organize local workers' committees, and the right to engage in work actions and strikes. In addition, the organization voted to push the government to limit the number of foreign workers allowed to enter the country, in order to ensure more jobs for Israeli workers.